All Retail articles – Page 27
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Silhouette will have a dedicated area in the four stores...
Silhouette will have a dedicated area in the four stores of the Lunetterie chain in Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games are going to be held this summer
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Lissac, the high-end optical retailer managed by Optic 2000, is...
Lissac, the high-end optical retailer managed by Optic 2000, is boosting its Studio Lissac product customization program, involving a dedicated designer at its flagship store in Paris and the development of 3D-manufactured glasses within six months of the order. A French company, Marbella Paris, can provide a luxury leather coating. ...
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iC! Berlin was represented in several pop-up stores from mid-2015...
iC! Berlin was represented in several pop-up stores from mid-2015 to the end of the year in Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna together with Visit Berlin, a tourist information office, which acts as partner to the Berlin state government and the tourism industry. The stores were opened under the ...
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Tom Davies will open two new stores in London this...
Tom Davies will open two new stores in London this year. One will be opened in February in the Knightsbridge area and the other one in the Canary Wharf district in April.
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Moscot, the New York-based luxury eyewear brand, has opened its...
Moscot, the New York-based luxury eyewear brand, has opened its first store in the U.K., which is also its sixth shop worldwide and its third overseas. The U.K. store is located in the heart of London's West End, at 37 Beak Street. Moscot was founded by Hyman Moscot in 1899, ...
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Two new franchises take the Italian Nau! chain's total number...
Two new franchises take the Italian Nau! chain's total number of stores to 95. One has been opened in Udine by a franchisee who joined the chain in 2006 with an outlet in Pordenone. The other one is located in Bolzano, where Fielmann recently set up its first store in ...
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Valli Holdings, parent company of Valli Opticians, says it has...
Valli Holdings, parent company of Valli Opticians, says it has doubled the number of its stores in the U.K. by acquiring AH Mertons, a chain of seven stores in Lancashire and Cheshire. It has also nearly trebled its turnover. Run by Moin Valli and based in Huddersfield, the independent retail ...
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Vinyl Factory has re-launched its website, which includes its e-shop....
Vinyl Factory has re-launched its website, which includes its e-shop. Besides the product catalog, it features a photo gallery of well-known people wearing its glasses.
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Cutler & Gross has opened its second store in London,...
Cutler & Gross has opened its second store in London, which is located in the Old Spitalfields Market in East London. The British firm already has a flagship store in the Knightsbridge area of London as well as shops in Bath and Leeds. Early last month, Cutler & Gross also ...
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Specsavers has announced the details of a new electronic patient...
Specsavers has announced the details of a new electronic patient record (EPR) tool which links customers' vision and hearing information with retail. The tool has been built by U.S.-based eClinicalWorks after signing a deal to work with Specsavers globally. The new cloud-based platform is designed to hold patients' optical records ...
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Consorzio Italian Vision (CIV) is a new buying group formed...
Consorzio Italian Vision (CIV) is a new buying group formed in Italy at the beginning of this year. It has federated so far ten small optical retail chains: Barello, Fbl, Ilop, Lisi & Bartolomei, Milleocchiali, Salva, Semedo, Tutto a Vista, Vision Optika and +Vista. Led by Fabrizio Lambertini, the consortium ...
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Lafont has opened a new store in the French city...
Lafont has opened a new store in the French city of Rouen
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The third Oakley store in Germany has opened in a...
The third Oakley store in Germany has opened in a very sporty area of Munich. The 130-square-meter store is located on the central Sendlinger Strasse, right next to The North Face. It is operated by a retailer who also has a Nike shop in the same area. Oakley's two other ...
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Optic 2000 has been awarded the Janus du Commerce 2015...
Optic 2000 has been awarded the Janus du Commerce 2015 by the French Design Institute (Institut Français du Design) for its new store concept, developed in collaboration with BrandImage. The Janus label is recognized by the French Ministry of Industry and Trade. Optic 2000's new store concept, which was launched ...
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Cutler & Gross has opened its first store in Los...
Cutler & Gross has opened its first store in Los Angeles, the second for the British brand in the U.S. The new 1,200-square-foot shop is located on Melrose Avenue, in West Hollywood, near Balenciaga, Diane von Furstenburg and Marc Jacobs. The shop sells the brand's full range of eyewear and ...
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Vision Group, an Italian buying group with over 1,500 retail...
Vision Group, an Italian buying group with over 1,500 retail members, has decided to reorganize its range of in-house contact lenses and contact lens solutions. They will now all be sold under a single brand called Visio. The Visio contact lens range will be divided into three categories - Gold, ...
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De Rigo Vision's top house brand, Police, has opened its...
De Rigo Vision's top house brand, Police, has opened its first concept store at 47 Corso Buenos Aires in the center of Milan. The 50-sqm store offers consumers the entire range of Police branded items. Launched as an eyewear brand in the '80s, Police now includes a wide range of ...
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Optical Center, a French retailer and franchisor, is planning to...
Optical Center, a French retailer and franchisor, is planning to open 70 stores in Israel over the next ten years. Laurent Lévy, the founder of the banner, lives in Israel. In an interview for the i24 News website, Lévy said he is aiming at the top spot in France by ...
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Mister Spex is now also available in the Netherlands, effective...
Mister Spex is now also available in the Netherlands, effective June 30. After expanding to Switzerland in March, the Berlin-based online eyewear shop, which sells designer glasses and sunglasses directly, is further increasing its market share in Europe. Customers in the Netherlands and Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, ...
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Italia Independent is opening its second American store in the...
Italia Independent is opening its second American store in the new Wynwood Block mall in Miami, Florida. The company's first U.S. store was inaugurated in New York last November.

